A Philippine town mayor who was publicly identified by President Rodrigo Duterte as a drug trafficking suspect was gunned down Friday with nine of his men at a police checkpoint, in one of the bloodiest operations since the crackdown was launched.

The Filipino government is eyeing to increase its revenue to 4.68 trillion PHP (97 billion USD), or 18.1 percent of the country's gross domestic product by 2022, the end of the six-year term of President Rodrigo Duterte, source from Vietnam News Agency.

Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to pay an official visit to Vietnam from September 28 to 29 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Tran Dai Quang, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte said on September 22 that representatives from the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) are welcome to probe the drug-related killings in the Philippines,source from Vietnam News Agency.